Singaporean Man Sentenced to 40 Months in US Jail for Sending Devices to Iran

A Singaporean man was sentenced to a 40-month prison term for illegally shipping 6,000 radio frequency modules from the United States to Iran, the US Department of Justice said in a press release on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — A Singaporean national was sentenced for his role in the illegal shipment of US-made radio frequency devices from the United States to Iran, according to the release.

"Lim Yong Nam, aka Steven Lim, 43, a citizen of Singapore, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that caused thousands of radio frequency modules to be illegally exported from the US to Iran," the release stated.

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